Divine kings and sacred spaces
Subtitle: power and religion in Hellenistic Syria (301 - 64 BC)
By: Nicholas L. Wright
Series: BAR international series -- 2450
Publisher: Archaeopress; British Archaeological Reports; British Archaeological Reports Oxford Ltd
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Oxford, England
Language: eng
Number of pages: 167
ISBN-13: 9781407310541
Subjects: Religion and state; History
Description: "This research takes an integrative approach to the study of Hellenistic cult and cultic practices in an important part of western Asia by employing a combination of archaeological, numismatic and historical evidence. Although any thorough investigation of Seleukid religion would prove illuminating in itself, this research uses religion as a lens through which to explore the processes of acculturation and rejection within a colonial context. It discusses the state attitude towards, and manipulation of, both Hellenic and indigenous beliefs and places this within a framework developed out of a series of case studies exploring evidence for religion at a regional level. The study outlines the development of religious practices and expression in the region which formed the birthplace of the modern world's three most influential monotheistic religions."--Publisher's website.
Notes: Based on author's thesis (Ph. D., Macquarie University, 2010).

Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-167).